Robbie Henshaw's Leinster season over as 2 Lions pulled from URC QF

Robbie Henshaw’s hopes of playing a part in Leinster’s push for BKT United Rugby Championship glory have gone up in smoke after the Ireland centre was ruled out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury.

The 31-year-old – who was not selected in Andy Farrell’s 38-man British & Irish Lions squad for the 2025 tour of Australia – now looks to be long odds on a call-up even in the event of injuries in the midfield. Henshaw missed out on his third consecutive tour with fellow Ireland centre Garry Ringrose and Bundee Aki, as well as Scotland duo Huw Jones and Sione Tuipulotu, preferred by Farrell to face the Wallabies.

Henshaw was spotted with his limb heavily strapped over the weekend and Leinster have this afternoon confirmed he will be sidelined for three to four weeks.

With the URC final scheduled for June 14th, even a best-case recovery timeline would leave him short on fitness and game time. His absence means that the Lions tourist in 2017 and 2021 will likely remain at home this summer.

He is joined on the sidelines by fellow Lion Tadhg Furlong. The tighthead has been ruled out of Saturday’s URC quarter-final against Scarlets with a minor calf injury. The injury shouldn’t effect his place on the plane Down Under however.

There was better news concerning sometime Ireland winger Jordan Larmour. The fleet-footed back is in the final stages of his rehabilitation and could return to action this weekend against the Scarlets.

The 27-year-old has not featured for Leinster since January but is due to step up his training this week, with a final decision on his availability to be made closer to Saturday’s URC quarter-final.

His potential return would be a timely boost for Cullen’s side as they hunt their first URC win in four years.

There were no updates on Will Connors, Brian Deeny, James Culhane or Caelan Doris.